This special evening of Nordic music and stories at the heart of New York City presents new works by globally acclaimed Nordic and Baltic maestras and GRAMMY® Recording Academy Members Johanna Telander, Helena Maria Falk, Anita Lerche, Arta Jēkabsone, Rasa Vitkauskaite and Simona Smirnova.

This September, the coveted stage of Scandinavia House, heart of Nordic culture in New York, will be claimed by a coalition of six internationally esteemed Nordic and Baltic female performers and composers for “Sounds of Light and Darkness - Nordic Maestras on Stage” -  an immersive evening of Nordic storytelling and musical performances across classical, jazz and musical theatre.

This collaborative concert brings together for the first time the acclaimed Nordic and Baltic members of the GRAMMY® Recording Academy; Finnish-American musical theatre composer Johanna Telander, Cannes Sync Award-nominated Norwegian violinist Helena Maria Falk, Latvia’s New Artist of the Year 2022, jazz singer Arta Jēkabsone, Lithuanian Principal Pianist of Boston Philharmonic Rasa Vitkauskaite, Danish Global Music Awards-winning vocalist Anita Lerche, and global ambassador of Lithuanian kanklės Simona Smirnova.
 

The evening concludes in the global premiere of Johanna Telander’s highly anticipated new work, “Tales of Les Dames Blanches”, a new musical exploring the depths of womanhood through a collection of notorious feminine ghost stories told throughout the world, from the folklore of medieval Northern Europe, to fireside tales across all four continents.
 

Presented by Nordic Artists of New York, in collaboration with Finlandia Foundation National and New York Chapter, American Scandinavian Foundation, FinnSpark, and Scandinavian-American Theatre Company, this special occasion celebrates new original Nordic music in the global arena, and highlights female talent in traditionally male-dominated fields, while immersing guests in the mystical landscapes of the wild North - the lands of light and darkness, and the stories they inspire.

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